
Go to http://yearbook.unoda.org to visit the latest website for
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Students across the Asia-Pacific region recently met with experts from a range of fields to discuss risks to international peace and security from emerging technologies – and to develop their own technology-based approaches to overcoming these challenges. The discussions took place over four days of virtual workshops held as part of the “Responsible Innovation for a Secure […]
Students across the Asia-Pacific region recently met with experts from a range of fields to discuss risks to international peace and security from emerging technologies – and to develop their own...
On 1 April 2021, the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and Kenya’s National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) co-hosted an online workshop on confidence-building...
On 7 March 2021, a series of explosions occurred at a military camp located in Bata, the largest city of Equatorial Guinea. More than 100 people died and over...
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) kicked off an online “Disarmament4Educators” training course on 8 March, bringing together academic professors and educators from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines and...
As the world grapples with COVID-19 for a second year, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit (ISU) are also pushing to bolster global capacities...
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Group of Governmental Experts on “Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus”( Informal virtual sessions )
Fourth Conference of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia (postponed to a period in 2021 to be decided by the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session)
Regional Seminar to Support the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in South Asia ( Postponed )
Technical and Legal Assistance Project to Support Sri Lanka in the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on SALW: Final Briefing Visit ( TBD )
Responsible Innovation Virtual Workshops with students from Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, and Singapore University of Technology and Design, under the Responsible Innovation for a Secure Environment in Asia and the Pacific (RISE-AP) project
Bangladesh national interagency roundtable meeting to support implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004)- (TBD)
In-country training programme in support of gender mainstreamed policy on small arms control: First round scheduled ( TBD )
Group of Governmental Experts on “Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus” (Postponed)
Sixth Conference of States Parties to the ATT (CSP6)
Sixth Conference on States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty
Tenth Ministerial Meeting of the Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) – TBD
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons ( TBD )
Twenty-Fifth Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
World Science Day for Peace and Development
Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction. (Second Session)
Subscribing to the Hague Code of Conduct: opportunities and challenges for Asian States
UNODA x University of Tokyo Responsible Innovation in AI and data workshops
IAEA: Board of Governors*
Responsible Innovation for a Secure Environment in Asia and the Pacific
CTBTO: Working Group B, 56th session* (tent.)
OOSA: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: Briefing to Permanent Missions on the Legal Subcommittee, 60th session (p.m.)
In-Country Training Programme (ICTP) workshop on Gender mainstreaming small arms control in Timor-Leste
Training on development of a Timor-Leste national action plan (NAP), follow-up the ICTP workshop
Biological Weapons Convention – First Prep Committee for the Ninth Review Conference (to be confirmed)
Biological Weapons Convention – First Prep Committee for the Ninth Review Conference (to be confirmed)
Austrian Government: Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation, 20th Regular Meeting*
In-Country Training Programme (ICTP) workshop on Gender mainstreaming small arms control in Cambodia
IAEA: Board of Governors: Programme and Budget Committee*
Lao PDR National workshop on main commitments of the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in SALW in All Its Aspects, International Tracing Instruments and tools to support their implementation
UNODC: Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Working Group on Firearms, 8th session*
In-Country Training Programme (ICTP) workshop on Gender mainstreaming small arms control in Laos
OOSA: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 64th session: Briefing for Permanent Missions
CTBTO: Working Group A, 59th session* (tent.)
IAEA: Board of Governors*
CTBTO: Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, 56th session* (tent.)
UNSCEAR: United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, 68th session* (tent.)
Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention – Intersessional meetings
CTBTO: Working Group B, 57th session* (tent.)
Biological Weapons Convention – Second Preparatory Committee for the Ninth Review Conference (to be confirmed)
IAEA: Board of Governors*
IAEA: General Conference, 65th session*
IAEA: Board of Governors*
CTBTO: Working Group A, 60th session* (tent.)
Biological Weapons Convention – Ninth Review Conference
CTBTO: Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission, 57th session* (tent.)
IAEA: Board of Governors (including the Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee) *
Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention – 19th Meeting of States Parties
Go to http://yearbook.unoda.org to visit the latest website for
our 2019 Disarmament Yearbook.